disputant
Americannoun
adjective
noun
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of disputant
1605–15; < Latin disputant- (stem of disputāns, present participle of disputāre ), equivalent to disput- ( see dispute) + -ant- -ant
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Every other disputant in the South China Sea, including the Philippines, bases its maritime claims on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, an international agreement that defines maritime zones.
From National Geographic
The U. S. disputant was Harold M. Osborne, 1924 Olympic high jump and decathlon champion, world's record-holder in both events.
From Time Magazine Archive
"If," said Elocution Professor Brigance with pardonable pride, "if there be such a thing as a crown of American oratory, certainly there could be no disputant of Wabash's claim to it."
From Time Magazine Archive
In Tunisia itself neither disputant seemed so reasonable.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then came the difficulty of classification, which the commissioners appointed to arrange the divisions necessarily decided against the opinion of one or the other disputant, driving him to appeal.
From The West Indies and the Spanish Main by James Rodway
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